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+This is a terse description of the new features added to bash-2.04 since
+the release of bash-2.03.  As always, the manual page (doc/bash.1) is
+the place to look for complete descriptions.
+
+1.  New Features in Bash
+
+a.  The history builtin has a `-d offset' option to delete the history entry
+    at position `offset'.
+
+b.  The prompt expansion code has two new escape sequences: \j, the number of
+    active jobs; and \l, the basename of the shell's tty device name.
+
+c.  The `bind' builtin has a new `-x' option to bind key sequences to shell   
+    commands.
+
+d.  There is a new shell option, no_empty_command_completion, which, when
+    enabled, disables command completion when TAB is typed on an empty line.
+
+e.  The `help' builtin has a `-s' option to just print a builtin's usage
+    synopsis.
+
+f.  There are several new arithmetic operators:  id++, id-- (variable
+    post-increment/decrement), ++id, --id (variabl pre-increment/decrement),
+    expr1 , expr2 (comma operator).
+
+g.  There is a new ksh-93 style arithmetic for command:
+        for ((expr1 ; expr2; expr3 )); do list; done
+
+h.  The `read' builtin has a number of new options:
+        -t timeout      only wait timeout seconds for input
+        -n nchars       only read nchars from input instead of a full line
+        -d delim        read until delim rather than newline
+        -s              don't echo input chars as they are read
+
+i.  The redirection code now handles several filenames specially:
+    /dev/fd/N, /dev/stdin, /dev/stdout, and /dev/stderr, whether or
+    not they are present in the file system.
+
+j.  The redirection code now recognizes pathnames of the form
+    /dev/tcp/host/port and /dev/udp/host/port, and tries to open a socket
+    of the appropriate type to the specified port on the specified host.
+
+k.  The ksh-93 ${!prefix*} expansion, which expands to the names of all
+    shell variables with prefix PREFIX, has been implemented.
+
+l.  There is a new dynamic variable, FUNCNAME, which expands to the name of
+    a currently-executing function.  Assignments to FUNCNAME have no effect.
+
+m.  The GROUPS variable is no longer readonly; assignments to it are silently
+    discarded.  This means it can be unset.
+
+n.  A new programmable completion facility, with two new builtin commands:
+    complete and compgen.
+
+o.  configure has a new option, `--enable-progcomp', to compile in the
+    programmable completion features (enabled by default).
+
+p.  `shopt' has a new option, `progcomp', to enable and disable programmable
+    completion at runtime.
+
+q.  Unsetting HOSTFILE now clears the list of hostnames used for completion.
+
+r.  configure has a new option, `--enable-bash-malloc', replacing the old
+    `--with-gnu-malloc' (which is still present for backwards compatibility).
+
+s.  There is a new manual page describing rbash, the restricted shell.
+
+t.  `bashbug' has new `--help' and `--version' options.
+
+u.  `shopt' has a new `xpg_echo' option, which controls the behavior of
+    `echo' with respect to backslash-escaped characters at runtime.
+
+v.  If NON_INTERACTIVE_LOGIN_SHELLS is defined, all login shells read the
+    startup files, even if they are not interactive.
+
+w.  The LC_NUMERIC variable is now treated specially, and used to set the
+    LC_NUMERIC locale category for number formatting, e.g., when `printf'
+    displays floating-point numbers.
+
+2.  New features in Readline
+
+a.  Parentheses matching is now always compiled into readline, and enabled
+    or disabled when the value of the `blink-matching-paren' variable is
+    changed.
+
+b.  MS-DOS systems now use ~/_inputrc as the last-ditch inputrc filename.
+
+c.  MS-DOS systems now use ~/_history as the default history file.
+
+d.  history-search-{forward,backward} now leave the point at the end of the
+    line when the string to search for is empty, like
+    {reverse,forward}-search-history.
+
+e.  history-search-{forward,backward} now leave the last history line found
+    in the readline buffer if the second or subsequent search fails.
+
+f.  New function for use by applications:  rl_on_new_line_with_prompt, used
+    when an application displays the prompt itself before calling readline().
+
+g.  New variable for use by applications:  rl_already_prompted.  An application
+    that displays the prompt itself before calling readline() must set this to
+    a non-zero value.
+
+h.  A new variable, rl_gnu_readline_p, always 1.  The intent is that an
+    application can verify whether or not it is linked with the `real'
+    readline library or some substitute.
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 This is a terse description of the new features added to bash-2.03 since
 the release of bash-2.02.  As always, the manual page (doc/bash.1) is
 the place to look for complete descriptions.